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B " d Ing eauty, an though I am not the greatest of en- thusiasts for the kind of so-called Grand Ballet that thIs com pan y spe- cializes in (for me, it has too little dancIng and too much parading and pantomIme), I must admit that both pieces were done well I am quite aware that my prejudices in this m t- ter are countered by the grandeur of history-that the Royal Ballet IS merely resurrecting ballet, more or less authentically, as it was known in the nineteenth century. Still, I have a preference for twentieth-century bal- let, with its short, concise sequences of pure dance. But let that pass; the com- plete "Swan Lake," with Margot Fon- teyn and Rudolf Nureyev, that I saw last Wednesday night at the Metro- polItan Opera House is a splendid spec- tacle. Moreover, the corps de ballet of this company is the best-trained one I have ever seen, and during the past ten years the company has acquired a magnificent roster of male dancers for the lesser roles. Miss F on teyn remain<; one of the marvels of halJet history. I am told that she is fift) vears old, yet she dances wIth all the fluency and charm of one less than half her age. .A..nd the authority she brings to her performances is unmatched in my ex- perience. .l"\.t times, cau tion on her part was obvious; there were only twenty- eight instead of the thirty-two fouettées that made such a sensation when she first appeared here. But such things are negligible in view of the youthful élan, complete poise, and dramatic feeling that she brings to the role of the Swan Queen. N ureyev is a great actor as well as a superb dancer, and if he sometimes assumes the stance of a pea- cock one can only say that nobody has more of a right to do so He is the perfect Prince, his consideration for the lady he is dancing with is irre- proachable, and his own dancing, of COUI se, is not only thrillingl) athletic but uniquely fluid. V\Tith N ureyev, there are no angles-only curves. The pas de quatre In Act I, Scene 1, was Roval ----- -- - fl!' TGoócfarcl beautifull} done by Ann Jenner, J en- nifer Penny, Robert Mead, and MI- chael Coleman, and the four cygnets performed precisely. The high points of the evening, however, were Miss Fon- teyn's adagio in Act I, Scene 2, and the Black Swan pas de deux, in which she danced icily while Nureyev per- formed the appropriate athletic prodi- gies. I bave mentioned <111 the items that, to m) mind, are significant in "Swan Lake." I have always found the ethnic dances in Act II boring, and the rest is salad dressing-extremely fine salad dressing, bu t salad dressing none- theless. I ATTENDED "The Sleeping Beauty" on Friday night. It turned out to be a conslderabl) altered "Sleep- ing Beauty," with scenery and costumes new to this side of the Atlantic. These were the work of Henr} Bardon, Lila de Nobili, and Rostislav Doboujinsky, and they were unusual enough to re- quire some comment. The curtain of the prologue opened on a Gothic in- terior, mostly in cream color and gray. A gigåntic fireplace, at the right, served later for the entrance of Carabosse and her cohorts of frogs, mice, bats, rats, and everything else bad little boys are made of. (They all came down the chimney and appeared in a puff of smoke.) At the left of the stage there was a staircase (partly hidden by a lacy scrÎ111), down which cavaliers, fairies, and other henevolent people came. The fem tle d<1ncers, in general, were pink, and the cavaliers, as well as the King and several other people, wore gray- green wigs, suggestive of Spanish moss. On the whole, the color scheme was striking if somewhat exotic. Act I was set in the courtyard of a medieval cas- tle, with two large towers looming at the back The prevailing color of the scenery was brown, while that of the coStullles was white. Both towers proved, when convenient, to be trans- parent. The Lilac Fairy appeared in- side one of them, and the heroine was put to sleep inside the other. Cara- bosse, for once, did not have mandarin fingernails, and this cheered me. At the end of this act, the Lilac Fairy cclused vegetation to grow over the whole castle. After this, things becdme a bit confusing. Act II presented a scene that looked like a cave at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. The Lilac Fairy showed the Prince Princess